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Originally Posted by Delgar
First you should decide laser or inkjet.
For any business applications I think laser is the only way to go. If you need photo capability then you should go inkjet.
I picked up a Samsung 1860 colour laser last year on sale for $150, normally 700 at the time. Its clunky sounding and not that fast, but was a great deal. The colour toner cost about $300 though to replace, but it will probably last me the life of the printer.
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Why not both? That's the route I took. I personally use both a Brother MFC and a Canon MFC side by side.
Cost per page black and white on a laser printer is way cheaper than black and white on color printer.
Canon has some MFC (imageCLass) which meet all the criteria of OP at about $250 or so, but personally, my concerns have always been the replacement cost of the toner/ink. But like you, I also have a really nice color printer which I don't think will be thrown away for quite a while. (Especially since I use it for specialty and high quality prints and not for regular day to day use).
@Nufy: If you need it all in a single unit, the Canon imageclass has been working very good for me. Slow to print (vs laser printers), good quality prints, overall decent, but not amazing as a color copier (but amazing usually means $$$). Scanning and copying are good, but I cannot comment on fax because although I know I have that function, I don't use it on this printer. But based on the applications I use, I have a laser printer MFC I also use (Brother) which I use normally for regular prints. Color printing black and white pages is killer on the ink replacement costs IMO.
You could perhaps choose to buy one lower end unit and one higher end? ie: One color/laser MFC that has copy/scan/fax and the other that merely prints?
LF: Home Office Printer
